For Apple revealed on its website that it's going to stop handing out those annoying little dongles for free... Eliminating the jack back in 2016 with iPhone 7 prompted such panic that some people drilled holes into their phones, mostly satirically, to bring the classic port back. Two years later, we've sort of gotten used to the routine of using lightning headphones, losing them, and turning to the dongle before that too is lost... But now you wo not get the chance to lose it, unless you're looking to fork over $9 first for Apple Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter. In the end, this is just going to push more people to wireless. But Apple, with all its cash, can afford to do us solid. It could and should keep doling out dongles for little while longer to the people.
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